Spot color

Color name

Name by which the spot color is identified by the user.

Used automatically as file name when CxF/X-4 files consisting of a single color definition are created.

Mandatory field, cannot be left empty. Write-protected in bulk-edit mode. Can only be modified when a single color is edited.

Inventory ID

ID by which the spot ink is identified within a workflow.

Write-protected in bulk-edit mode. Can only be modified when a single color is edited.

Substrate

User-friendly name of the substrate.

Mandatory field, cannot be left empty.

Substrate type

Category of substrate, such as coated paper, cardboard or transparent film.

Print process

Category of printing process used to print the spot ink characterization chart.

Surface finish

Property of the substrate surface, such as gloss laminated or matt varnished.

Creation date

Date and time at which the spot color was created.

This field is always write-protected and cannot be modified.

Comment

Additional information on this spot color.

Brand owner

Organization or company that is the proprietor of the brand associated with the spot color.

Contact

Brand owner’s contact data such as postal address, phone number, etc.

Tolerances

The following is relevant for ORIS CxF Toolbox’s Certification function. The settings for Color deviation and Metamerism index are used as tolerance values for printer validation (certification) measurements. Users can change these default values for specific jobs or measurements.

Color deviation

• Maximum average delta E value permitted when the reference values are checked against a measured sample.

  A default value of 2.5 is set automatically when spot colors are created by measurement or if this value is not defined in the files you are importing.

• Formula used for calculating color deviations (see also glossary).

  The dE2000 formula is set by default when spot colors are created by measurement or if no dE formula is defined in the files you are importing.

Illuminant

Standard light source expected to be used for viewing samples of the printed color.

This option affects the way the measurement data is converted to CIE Lab. Different illuminants will produce different delta E values in the printer validation process.

Standard observer

Standardized angle of the average human eye at which samples of the printed color are expected to be viewed. This angle determines the field of view and thus the way a person perceives color.

This option affects the way the measurement data is converted to CIE Lab. Different observation angles will produce different delta E values in the printer validation process.

Metamerism index

The metamerism index (MI) indicates the probability that two samples (reference and measured sample) will show the same color deviation under two different illuminants. If the metamerism index is zero, the two samples have the same degree of metamerism, i.e. one sample looks as much similar or different under the two illuminants as the other.

A default value of 3.0 is set automatically when spot colors are created by measurement or if this value is not defined in the files you are importing.

For more details, refer to the glossary.

Gloss

Gloss level measured in gloss units. 0 means ‘no gloss’.

Measurement angle

Geometry of the gloss meter. This is the angle at which the sample is illuminated.

Certify

Set of tint values to be measured for a spot color.

To measure different tint values, click the check boxes to select or deselect the values. Use the Select all option to select or deselect all 11 tint values in one go.

Measurement

Information about how color data was measured.

All of these fields are write-protected if they occur in a CxF/X-4 file which was created by measuring or importing measurements with ORIS CxF Toolbox.

Method

Light source that was used for illuminating the printed samples during the measurement.

ISO 13655 measurement methods:

M0	Traditional non-standardized tungsten light with an undefined UV content
M1	Normal daylight (D50) with a defined UV content
M2	Non-polarized light without any UV content (UV-cut filter)

Geometry

Geometry of the measurement device. Relative positions (angles) of the light source, sample plane and detector.

There are instruments with a directional geometry (45°/0° or 0°/45°) and a diffuse sphere geometry (d/8° or 8°/d).

Filter

Filter that was used for measuring.

Aperture

Aperture size of the measurement device

Backing

Type of backing or background used when the spot ink characterization chart was measured. Enter black or white, for example.

Measurements

This number is only greater than 1 if the data was derived from the average of a series of measurements.

This field is always write-protected and cannot be modified.

Measurement device

Information about the measurement device from which the color values were derived. This information is usually added automatically when spot colors are created by measurement.

All of these fields are write-protected if they occur in a CxF/X-4 file which was created by measuring or importing measurements with ORIS CxF Toolbox.

Manufacturer

Name of the manufacturer of the measurement device, e.g. X-Rite

Model

Model name of the measurement device

Serial number

Serial number of the measurement device

Calibration date

Date and time of the last device calibration

File

This data is added automatically when spot colors are created by measurement.

Creator

Name of the person, organization or software that created the file.

This field is always write-protected and cannot be modified.

Creation date

Date and time at which the file was created.

This field is always write-protected and cannot be modified.

Comment

Additional information on the file.